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Can you name the northernmost world capitals (of independent sovereign nations)? Enter a capital in the box below Correctly named capitals will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game was contributed by Sporcle user: Booger You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 6701 Broadway Opening Lines 4435 TV Shows (U.S.) 4280 You Do Know Jack 1793 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1755 Same Last Name 1449 And more...
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Rank	Capital	Latitude
1		64°10'N
2		60°15'N
3		59°55'N
4		59°22'N
5		59°20'N
6		56°53'N
7		55°45'N
8		55°41'N
9		54°38'N
10		53°52'N
11		53°21'N
12		52°30'N
13		52°23'N
14		52°13'N
15		51°36'N
16		51°10'N

Rank	Capital	Latitude
17		50°51'N
18		50°30'N
19		50°05'N
20		49°37'N
21		48°50'N
22		48°12'N
23		48°10'N
24		47°55'N
25		47°29'N
26		47°08'N
27		47°02'N
28		46°57'N
29		46°04'N
30		45°50'N
31		45°27'N
32		44°50'N

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	vogz:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:19 GMT	15 points
	oh boy...i need to go back to the world capitals quiz before i tackle this again...

	Dodge:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:21 GMT	68 points
	I thought Mongolia's capital was spelled "Ulaanbaatar" - if there is merit there, perhaps that could be an alternate spelling?

	stilicho:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:22 GMT	12 points
	according to wikipedia, it is an alternate spelling. I got 31/32 just because it wouldn't take "ulaanbataar."

	Reed:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:24 GMT	18 points
	Foiled by Ljubljana again...

	Rom:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:24 GMT	4 points
	Ulan Bator??

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	pete:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:31 GMT	31 points
	Same as Jackk6784 - spent just as much time typing in "Ulaanbataar" on this one as I spent typing "Ulan bator" on the asian capital sporcle the first time I played that. Consistency please.

	deej:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:32 GMT	24 points
	amen on ulaanbaatar. just accept both, says i

	Unidentifiedkiwi:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:35 GMT	14 points
	More reason than ever to finally get around to mastering the European Capitals quiz. And after the Alf bonus answer on yesterday's sitcoms quiz, I actually typed "fortress of solitude." I feel really silly now.

	GeoExpert:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:35 GMT	29 points
	Good thing I know all of Europe's capitals. Too bad Russia hogs northern Eurasia or else we would have had some others. How about "Southernmost Capitals"

	Co_Flo:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:42 GMT	56 points
	This might be the longest thread ever devoted to discussing anything about Mongolia.

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	GeoExpert:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:53 GMT	11 points
	@Mattomic- Greenland is not fully independent. But I wish that it did not "independent sovereign nations" in parentheses or else Nuuk could have been a bonus

	RyanUR:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:53 GMT	14 points
	It's surprising that the northernmost capital is only getting around 60% (in 13th place at the moment). Perhaps it's due to spelling.

	Bartleby:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:54 GMT	5 points
	for being so far "south," ottawa is pretty cold.

	Morbo:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 08:56 GMT	7 points
	@RyanUR: I'd say spelling is a big part of that. That's why I couldn't get it. Screw you and your goofy spelling, Iceland. I'm going to bed.

	the_hamburglar:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:02 GMT	9 points
	They should have an eastern most world capitals quiz

	Niques:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:10 GMT	5 points
	Fun! Except I mixed up Vilnius and Vaduz in my head and thus missed Lithuania. Bloody Vs.

	NightOwl:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:20 GMT	7 points
	It's the spelling. Definitely the spelling.

	otarmy:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:22 GMT	15 points
	Thank you Tour de France for letting me get Astana

	groug:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:23 GMT	29 points
	I totally blanked on Helsinki. I spent a solid two minutes trying to remember the capital of Finland and just couldn't do it. My punishment is telling this to a bunch of strangers on the Internet who know things about geography.

	Niques:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:27 GMT	0 points
	@groug: If it makes you feel better, I came so close to forgetting Finland in general (and Sweden!). I did Norway and Iceland first and then moved onto southern Europe - I sat there for ages trying to work out what could possibly be number two!

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	fatbeard:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:34 GMT	19 points
	Was a little surprised how far down the list Canada's was. I guess as an American, I think of it as far north. That being saiid, a wonderful, original idea (despite it ending up as guessing european capitals). It never ceases to amaze me how many geography quizzes they can come up with here

	livfred:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:43 GMT	1 point
	@fatbeard: Most of Canada is above the 49th parallel, but its capital is nestled in the triangle that dips below it. It is very cold though.

	raisingfear101:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 09:52 GMT	1 point
	Pretty much what fatbeard said.

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	Josh:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:05 GMT	13 points
	And a nice quiz BTW. Next the southernmost? :)

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	ulashima:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:16 GMT	6 points
	Concentrated so much on the continent itself, I totally forgot Iceland. And one consistency thing too. Mostly Kishinev, the former name of Chisinau is accepted on the other quizzes, but not on this. (I did enter Kishinev, after failing to spell Chisinau, that one is always easier for me)

	Guinevere:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:17 GMT	8 points
	I apparently will never learn to spell the capital of Iceland. Several minutes of typing various combinations of the letters r,e,i,y,j,v,a and k - nada.

	XYlophonetreeZ:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:19 GMT	5 points
	Never would have thought of Astana as being farther north than Brussels.

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	Dirty D:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:38 GMT	3 points
	damn you kazakhstan

	xeju:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:49 GMT	18 points
	Cool quiz... I was actually surprised until I thought about it how heavily Europe was represented. I'd like to see the highest latitude capitals (north or south) and even more, the corollary - capitals closest to the equator (lowest latitude).

	JohnJF:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 10:50 GMT	4 points
	I didn't get Canada's because I typed in Toronto. I aced The Godfather quiz that came out today. I'm really not feeling like the brightest person right now.

	plixgirl:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 11:01 GMT	-2 points
	Drrrr.I forgot Ottawa...

	upa:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 11:29 GMT	6 points
	GREAT quiz with 3 easy sequels

	adal:	Aug 5th, 2009 at 11:54 GMT	18 points
	I bet you did the top 32 and not top 30, for example, only to avoid everyone complaining about Canada not being on there.